No standard price, says Nanta
CONTROLLED ESSENTIAL GOODS KUCHING: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) has a mechanism in determining prices of controlled items as the pricing cannot be standardised throughout the state due to geographical and logistics factors. Its minister Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi said the differences in prices of controlled items were necessary to protect […]
Food aid for 102 Penan families
MIRI: The Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad (SOP) has extended a helping hand to the Penan communities in Murum by donating essential food items to 102 needy families from Uma Baya Sipat and Uma Mato Tugang. The 102 families received essential food items such as rice, cooking oil, salt, sugar and instant coffee during a handover […]
Express boat gets navigation permit
KAPIT: Navigation permit has been granted to an express boat company to transport essential items from Sibu to Kapit. The company is allowed to operate thrice weekly services on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday leaving Sibu Express Boat Terminal at 9am and arriving Kapit around 12 noon. However the express boat is only allowed to transport […]
Army presents aid to personnel’s families
KUCHING: In remembering the services and sacrifices of its personnel on duty during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Regiment 511 Askar Wataniah presented aid contribution to the personnel’s families recently. There were two phases of the contribution where the first one was held on April 9 and Army Field Command East (AFCE) commander Lieutenant General Datuk […]
PAS donates RM46,550 worth of food aid
KUCHING: Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) Sarawak donated RM46,550 worth of food aid and essentials since the first phase of the movement control order (MCO). The food aid and essentials were distributed in Petra Jaya, Kota Samarahan, Batang Lupar, Sibu, Bintulu, Miri and Limbang. According to Sarawak PAS information Chief Zharudin Narudin, priority for the food […]
Sufficient essential goods, assures minister
KUCHING: There will be sufficient essential goods during the month of Ramadhan, Hari Raya, Gawai and after the movement control order (MCO) period in the country. Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi assured the public, including those in the rural areas, that issues of lack of food supplies would not arise. […]
Rep discusses ways to deliver essential food
KAPIT: Hulu Rajang MP Datuk Wilson Ugak Kumbong recently chaired a meeting with staff of his service centre here to discuss efficient methods of distributing essential food items to rural folks in particular those residing in longhouses at Upper Rajang and Ulu Baleh who have difficulty in obtaining food especially during the movement control order […]
Enough supply of essential goods
By Nurul Shima Shahminon BINTULU: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) Bintulu has assured that supply of essential goods during the movement control order (MCO) period is sufficient. Its local chief Nazari Hassan said KPDNHEP Bintulu would monitor and ensure that supplies of sugar, cooking oil, wheat flour, canned food, petrol and […]
Cargo planes continue to fly in supplies
MIRI: Cargo flights in and out of Sarawak will go on to ensure continued supply of essential items for the population, assured Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin. “I am working closely with the Federal Minister of Transport Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong and his deputy Hasbi Habibollah to ensure that there are uninterrupted […]
Meals for Bintulu’s needy
BINTULU: Poor families badly affected by the Covid-19 movement control order (MCO) here received assistance from Extrameal Bintulu recently. According to Extrameal Bintulu founder Francis Ngu Hown Hua, the decision to give the assistance was made because Extrameal Bintulu was concerned about these families who might have difficulty buying daily necessities during the MCO period. […]
